''(De La Salle just wasn`t) able to hit from the outside, and we basically shut down their inside game,'' said Eisenhower coach Bob Frasor.

''Our bench worked out very well. Swader and Marcus Holmes (six points)

came through for us. Everything from here on out is pure pleasure. We`ve never gone this far before.''

PUBLIC LEAGUE PLAYOFFS

- King 67, Lindblom 48-Top-ranked King (25-0) had four players score in double figures: Johnny Selvie and Ahmad Shareef, with 14 points each, and Rashard Griffith and Jamie Brandon (13 each). ''I figured we might be a little rusty, not having played in 10 days,'' said King coach Landon ''Sonny'' Cox.

''But our guys hung in there and played some good defense.''

King led 32-25 at the half but opened the third quarter with an 8-0 burst. Martrice Manuel`s 15 points led Lindblom (6-18).

- Dunbar 115, Phillips 69-Dunbar guard Anthony Clark woke up with the idea that he would be coming off the bench in the second round of the Public League playoffs Tuesday afternoon. Instead, Clark, a 6-foot junior, ended up scoring 28 points in a last-minute starting role for the host Mightymen.

''We know he can shoot-he proved that in his start Friday,'' Dunbar coach Fate Mickel said of Clark, who scored 18 first-quarter points last Friday against Kelly.